Last year was the year of the "unicorn" — private technology-driven startups that reached a valuation of $1 billion or more.
But tech and startup investment is going to be defined by a very different beast in 2016 — the cockroach.
"Everything is about resiliency now to weather the storm," says Tim McSweeney, a director at technology-focused merchant bank Restoration Partners. "Unicorn, it's a mythical beast, whereas a cockroach, it can survive a nuclear war."
Image: Amazon Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos samples cooked cockroach at the 110th Explorers Club Annual Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, March 15, 2014. - http://www.businessinsider.com
